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The dust will fly in Simsboro on Saturday when the village has its second annual Soapbox Derby from 10 a.m. to noon on Rose Street. The quarter mile, two-lane downhill course is located on the west side of Ragan Madden Park. Event organizer The lma Williams said more than 15 children ages 5-18 will compete.

For the second time, Louisiana Tech University presents “KAB Man,” a one-act action piece based upon characters of the “Keep America Beautiful” campaign. The production is currently running in the Howard Auditorium on Tech’s campus.

At the suggestion of a member of the Keep Lincoln Parish Beautiful Committee, Professor Mark Guinn, director of Tech’s school of performing arts, and the advanced acting class of 2010-11 wrote the green-inspired original stage production.

Lincoln Parish public and charter schools will begin to teach cursive writing during the upcoming academic year after the state legislature passed a bill requiring classrooms to teach and incorporate script.

However, school officials said while they see the need to teach cursive, the new law, which took effect July 1, will be challenging for educators who will need to find a balance of how much time to spend toward script and the other requirements the state requires such as bullying, ethics and keyboarding.

After years of ridicule and bullying from other students, a Washington state native is speaking out.

Sonja Provost, now of Ruston, said she was bullied as a child and ended up moving twice in high school.

“Bullying doesn’t just go away,” Provost said. “I was bullied by both boys and girls when I was in high school. At one point it was so bad my mom pulled me out of school and I switched to another high school. The other time I moved was because as a family we moved, but the bullying was still there.”